No. 5 Princeton Uses Big Second Half To Push Away from Columbia, 4-0

Friday, October 5

New York, N.Y.

5:30 PM

Princeton University

(9-3, 3-0)

Columbia

(6-4, 2-1)

Princeton

Columbia

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

No. 5 Princeton Uses Big Second Half To Push Away from Columbia, 4-0

October 05, 2018 | Field Hockey

Box Score

NEW YORK – The No. 5 Princeton Tigers broke through with three second half goals to take control and earn a 4-0 victory over the Columbia Lions at the Columbia Field Hockey Complex on Friday evening.

Clara Roth posted her sixth career multi-goal game and her second of the season. She also helped on another goal, finishing with five points. The Tigers dominated throughout the Ivy matchup, outshooting the Lions, 33-6, and picking up a 19-2 advantage in corners. Columbia was held without a shot for the first 26 minutes of the second half.

Roth secured the Tigers' first scoring threat 12 minutes in as Columbia's goalie Katie Dempsey denied her attempt. In the 20th minute, Princeton earned back-to-back corners with one shot that was saved and another that was knocked off the goal line by Maaike Blindenbach.

Columbia was awarded a corner with six minutes to go, but the shot was blocked away. Two minutes later, Roth got on the scoreboard as she wacked a high rebound shot from Julianna Tornetta through.

Tigers Goal! Clara whacks a high ball into the cage off for her seventh goal of the season! Princeton 1, Columbia 0, 3:15 to go. Watch the game on ESPN+ - https://t.co/xJ5TnxXM6x pic.twitter.com/BIqKBVZbPV
— Princeton FH (@TigerFH) October 5, 2018

Dempsey kept the Lions within one as she sprawled out and knocked away an attempt from Julianna Tornetta on a corner early in the second half. The Tigers' offense kept pushing with 13 consecutive shots before breaking through in 58th minute.

Princeton executed on a corner as MaryKate Neff, on the left wing, slid the ball to Elise Wong, who tapped it in for her second tally of the year.

Tigers Goal! Tic-tac-toe! What a beautifully executed corner as the Elise gives the road squad an insurance tally! Catch the rest of the contest on ESPN+ - https://t.co/xJ5TnxXM6x pic.twitter.com/2KBLPr7iHR
— Princeton FH (@TigerFH) October 5, 2018

Roth showed off an impressive individual effort as she drove along the left end line and blasted a shot from close-range in the cage less than two minutes after Wong's goal.

It's Clara's ?? and we're just living in it, folks! What an individual effort for her second goal of the night and eighth of the season! Princeton 3, Columbia 0, under eight minutes left. Watch the game on ESPN+ here - https://t.co/xJ5TnxXM6x pic.twitter.com/yES95isUXj
— Princeton FH (@TigerFH) October 5, 2018

Neff wrapped up the scoring as she had a ball that hit off a defender's stick and sneak through in the 65th minute.

Tigers Goal! MK hits one off a defender's stick and it gets through. Princeotn running away with this one, 4-0, 90 seconds to go. Watch the game on ESPN+ here - https://t.co/xJ5TnxXM6x pic.twitter.com/M9s0SGXM6S
— Princeton FH (@TigerFH) October 5, 2018

Grace Brightbill made her collegiate debut, playing the final 3:54 for Grace Baylis. Princeton (9-3 overall, 3-0 Ivy) improves to 21-1 all-time against Columbia (6-4, 2-1 Ivy) including a current streak of four straight victories. The Tigers now make the trip to No. 3 UConn on Sunday (12 p.m.).